Circular waterway project of Dhaka

1. CIRCULAR
WATERWAY PROJECT
DHAKA

2. PREPARED BY:
Farhana Noor.
Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET.
Edited by:
Raihanul Haque Khan
Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET.

3. The significance of waterway:
Satellite image of Dhaka city,1984

4. The significance of waterway:
Satellite image of Dhaka city,2003

5. The significance of waterway:
• The comparison of the two
satellite images show how the
waterways in thy city of Dhaka
has decreased in just about 10
years.

6. Features of circular waterway:
Variations of cross-sections with time

7. Features of circular waterway:
Maximum velocity vs. water level for Balu River,Demra

8. Features of circular waterway:
Latral distance(m)

9. Features of circular waterway:
Comprison of minimum bed levels &water levels

10. Waterway facilities:
• Total network of river system 24,000 km
consisting of rivers.
• canals,creeks, water bodies etc. occupying
11%area of the country.
• Navigable for longer sizedvessels 6000 km.
(during monsoon i.e. betweenmid November
and end of February)
• Navigable round the year 3600 km.

11. Water Routes:

12. Introductory history of this project:
• Cicular waterway project is
mainly taken to lessening the
Dhaka city jam in this
tremendous situation. It was
planned to connect the water
way from Sadarghat to Ashulia
then Ashulia Bridge via Tongi to
Kanchpur. The project was first
taken to 2004.

13. The project phases:
• The first phase of the Dhaka Circular
Waterway project includes the
Buriganga and Turag rivers from
Sadarghat to Ashulia covering 29.50km
of waterways .
• And the second phase that combines
the Balu and Shitalakhya rivers from
Ashulia Bridge via Tongi to Kanchpur
Bridge covers 40.50km of waterways.
The project was taken up in 2004.

14. Project Location

15. The organizations related to this
project:
There was three organizations on to the
responsibility this project:
Bangladesh Inland water Transport
Authority
Dhaka City Corporation
Local Government Engineering

16. The landing stations established
for 2nd phase work:
1. Tongi
2. Herbaid
3. Trimukh
4. Khardi
5. Ishapura
6. Baraid
7. Kayet para
8. Demra
9. Kanchpur

17. The Budget of the total project:
• The 1st phase of it has been
completed at a cost of Taka 36 crore
providing 29.5 km of river routes.
• ECNEC approved the 2nd phase work
of the projectat the cost of 47.5
crores.

18. The consequent circumstance of this
project:
A huge public enthusiasm spread
among people when it was
inaugurated in march last 2005.The
first phase of this project has
completed and it is already in use.
But the 2nd phase of this project is
hindered step by step. As a result ,it
is unfinished and causes different
kinds of problems.

19. The works included in the 2nd phase work:
The work of the second phase
includes:
dredging of 32 lakh cubic metres of
silt
construction of four jetties
construction of terminal buildings
 The excavation of three canals —
Rampura, Meradia and Gobindapur

20. Hindrances to the 2nd phase project:
• In the present proposed waterway system
(30km), some difficulties may be
encountered because some low-height
bridges were constructed earlier, under
which, during the high water level, vessels
cannot cross, and loaded vessels cannot
ply during the low water level because of
the low depth of water in the river. For
these reasons, may be,the proposed
waterway is about to be abandoned.

21. A canal filled with wastes

22. Hindrances to the 2nd phase project:
• The second phase of the project failed get
ECNEC’s nod, resulting in delay in resuming
the work to complete the waterway.
•
The project will be financed under the
Japan Debt Cancellation Fund, and an
amount of Tk 27.67 crore has been
released in the current fiscal year. The fund
could not be used in the last two years due
to lack of policy decision. The project was
scheduled to begin in July 2005.

23. Current state of this project area:
These landing stations, terminal
buildings and other structures are
now in a shambles for lack of
maintenance and proper care. They
are being used as warehouses for
rod, cement, sand and other
materials by the leaseholders.

24. Current state of this project area:
 Some of the leaseholders have rented out
the terminal buildings to some traders for
using as their warehouses and there are
allegations that the drug addicts and people
involved in anti-social activities have been
using those abandoned landing stations and
the terminal buildings. As a result, the
landing stations including the buildings are
fast donning the look of haunted places

25. Current state of this project area:
• Two private motor launches 'Atlas
Sun' and 'Shaluk' started carrying
passengers after the inauguration of
the circular waterway. But they
stopped their service within a few
months of their introduction as the
passengers avoided the waterway as
it turned commuter-unfriendly for
various crises such as lack of proper
navigability, mismanagement etc.

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